I was taken out to our set net site to experience the work of fishing long before I was old enough to officially join my ...
School is winding down, but for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop teacher Roger Rogotzke, summer brings another gig — commercial fishing. Rogotzke has been making the trip to Bristol Bay to catch wild Alaskan ...
Subsistence harvesting and commercial fishing season is upon us in Bristol Bay. For the busy weeks ahead this summer and into fall, we’ll spend our days harvesting. This food from the land will feed ...
The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...
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A Citywide Toast to Sockeye

Seattle’s fishing culture is something to be proud of. Drive over the Ballard Bridge on any given day and you’ll see the ...
Undercurrent News reported from the US state of Alaska between July 7 and 10 during the Bristol Bay salmon season. Northline Seafoods freezer barge has weathered major obstacles before returning to ...
'We were receiving daily phone calls between Fish and Game and wildlife troopers, you know, multiple boats upwards of 50 at times fishing outside of the district' -- Aaron Tiernan, Alaska Department ...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it is moving to protect the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery, the largest in the world, under the Clean Water Act. The agency's actions, ...
A spawning male sockeye salmon is seen in July 2010 in the Wood River, part of the Bristol Bay watershed. Bristol Bay is the site of the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs. (Photo by Thomas ...
HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime fisherman from this Kenai Peninsula town, stood at the city dock watching his catch come ashore. Crew members aboard Laukitis’ boat, ...
Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...
As fishermen in hundreds of small boats hauled in one netful after another, the fat, red-flanked fish made the shallow water boil. Working two men in a boat round the clock, the fishermen collected as ...